Method of weaving patterned terry fabric and the resulting product



Sept. 5, 1933. s. P. PARKER ET AL METHOD OF WEAVING .PATTERNEID TERRY FABRIC AND THE RESULTING PRODUCT Filed March 24 Kuremor WW fil D n swmw Patented Sept. 5, 1933 UNITED srArEs METHOD OF WEAVING PATTERNED TERRY FABRIC AND THE RESULTING PRODUCT Samuel Pinkney Parker, Franklinton, N. 0., and John L. Patterson, Richmond, Va.

Application March 24,

16 Claims.

This invention relates to textile weaving, and particularly to the Weaving of terry fabrics, having a pattern woven in a contrasting yarn or yarns. The term terry fabric as used in the present specification is not intended to include loop pile fabrics in which the loops are formed,

by weaving over wires which are subsequently withdrawn.

According to one method heretofore in extensive use, the terry warp was made up in two contrasting colors, usually both different from the color of the ground warp and filling. These colored terry warps might extend the full width of the goods, or form a stripe or stripes; The pattern was produced by a pattern mechanism which functioned to produce loops of either color on the face, and simultaneously loops of the contrasting color on the back of the terry fabric. Thus the colors of the pattern and background on the face were the reverse of those on the back. Furthermore, since the terry warp is necessarily woven into the plain (non-terry) border ends of towels and the like, the color effect in such ends (the combined effect of the interwoven ground warp filling and two terry Warp colors) is not always satisfactory unless the terry warp colors are carefully selected.

According to another method in extensive use, cross borders were produced by the use of a filling of contrasting color, the terry loops being sent by the pattern mechanism, all to the face in certain pattern areas, and all to the back in the remaining areas. Thus reverse patterns were formed in back and face.

According to either of the above methods or combinations of the two, the designer wasvery limited. There were necessarily present longitudinal or transverse color stripes or both, which could not be avoided, and which precluded the.

attainment of many desirable effects.

The present invention removes these limitations and permits the production of isolated contrasting pattern areas. The contrasting yarn is wholly absent except in the pattern area, so that the designer is entirely freed of the restrictions formerly imposed, and may use any figures bold enough to be outlined in terry.

The term contrasting is here used to cover any visible contrast. Such contrasts are usually produced by the use of black, white, or colors, but other effects are possible and are contemplated.

In carrying out the invention, a terry loom is used with a suitable pattern mechanism. For F all but the simplest patterns a jacquard is pre- 1931. Serial No. 524,944

ferred'. There is the usual terry warp (hereafter called the normal terry warp), preferably with a positive let-off. In addition there is a second terry warp contrasting with the main terry warp. This second, or contrasting, terry warp (as it will be hereafter called) is in most cases not used uniformly throughout the width of the goods. Consequently it cannot as a rule be beamed, but the warp ends are supplied by separate spools or bobbins.

In weaving double faced terry according to the invention, the pattern mechanism controls the normal terry warp to produce on the face of the goods what may be described as a terry back ground with a pattern in intaglio, by the known expedient of sending half the loops to the face and half to the back in the background areas, and all to the back in the pattern area. Simultaneously, the pattern mechanism controls the ends making up the second (contrasting) terry warp to cause these ends to float wherever the normal terry loops are being formed half in face and half in back, and to form loops in the face of the fabric wherever the normal terry loops are all in the back. Thus the contrasting or second terry warp is brought into action to form contrasting loops which fill in the intaglio areas formed in the normal terry on the face of the fabric.

After the goods have been woven, thefloats (all of contrasting or secondterry warp) are clipped away.

A similar procedure may be adopted for single faced terry. In such case there are no terry loops in the back of the fabric except in pattern areas, and their loops formed from the normal terry warp appear, the second Warp interweaving to form contrasting loops in their place on the face of the fabric.

The preferred mode of carrying out the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a diagram of a loom arranged to carry out the invention.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic longitudinal section of a piece of double-faced terry cloth woven according .to the invention, in which the second terry Warp is of single contrasting yarn.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the use in the second terry warp of two yarns contrasting with the normal terry warp yarn and with each other.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing how the floats can, be formed on the face instead of on the back of the fabric, as in Figs. 2 and 3.

forming loops 31 and floats 32.

Referring first to Fig. l, the ground warp beam is indicated at 6, the normal terry warp beam at 7, the let-01f roller for the normal terry warp at 8, and the cloth beam at 9. One of the swords appears at 11, the lay at 12, the reed at 13, and a portion of the toggle mechanism which controls the shifting of the reed at 14.

The ground warp passes over and under lease rods 15 and through heddle frames 16, which diagrammatically represent any suitable shedding motion. By using a separate shedding motion for the ground warp many jacquard harnesses are saved, but the use of such separate shedding motion is not essential to the invention.

The second (contrasting) terry warp is made up of ends drawn from spools 17. The normal terry warp ends drawn from the beam '7 under the control of roller 8, and the contrasting terry warp ends drawn from the spools 17, pass through heddle wires 18 controlled by harnesses 19 of the jacquard 21.

Double faced terry.--The jacquard controls the two sets of terry warp ends in strict rela- After the piece is woven, the contrasting warp yarn floats are clipped away.

Single faced terry.The jacquard controls the two sets of warp ends in the same general relation as above described. In areas where the normal terry warp forms loops on the face, the corresponding contrasting terry warp ends are carried out of the shed to form floats which are later cut away. In areas where the normal terry warp forms loops on the back appropriate contrasting warp ends are carried into the shed and caused to interweave and form contrasting loops on the face of the fabric.

In the case of single or double faced terry it is possible to form the floats on the front or back of the fabric and each has certain advantages which will be explained.

In this way quite elaborate patterns may be woven in one or more contrasting yarns, on a background made up of loops of the main terry warp.

Referring now to Fig. 2, ground warp threads appear at 25 and filling or weft threads at 26. Two normal terry warp threads appear at 2'7 and are differentiated by stippling and hatching, respectively, to permit them to be traced readily.

The contrasting terry loops are indicated at 28 and the floats at 29.

Referring now to Fig. 3, the numerals 25 to 29 are applied as in Fig. 2. In addition, a second contrasting terry warp thread is shown as Weave structures, such as shown in Fig. 3 permit, for example, the formation of a pattern in two colors on a background of a third color, the word color being used colloquially to include black and white.

While the floats are shown in Figs. 2 and 3 for purpose of explanation, they are clipped close in finishing.

Fig. 4 shows a doubled faced terryin which the contrasting warp floats are in the face.

This has the advantage that the contrasting terry yarns are better locked by the ground warp and filling. This arrangement is desirable wherever the clipped ends in the face would not mar the appearance of the goods, and where the extra cost of careful trimming is justified.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 show double faced terry. The structure of a single faced terry is the same omitting the hatched normal terry warp strands 2'7. It will be observed that the hatched strands always form loops on the rear face of the double faced terrys.

In both Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 a three pick terry is shown, but the invention is applicable irrespective of the character of the terry. In weaving a three pick terry, for example, the first and second picks are only partially beaten up, because the reed is shifted on the lay or otherwise prevented from making its full travel toward the fell. After the third pick the reed moves its full distance and completely beats.

up the three picks to the fell. The filling slides along the taut ground warp, but looks the relatively slack terry warp so that this is doubled into loops. The jacquard controls the direction of formation of the loops, as is well understood.

Broadly considered, the invention contemplates the use of a beamed terry warp to form loops on the face of the terry, the sending of such loops to the back to form pattern areas, and the substitution in such pattern areas on the face of the goods of contrasting colored loops drawn from a spooled warp (or the like) the spooled warp being interwoven with the fabric in such pattern areas, and floating between such areas.

What is claimed is:-

1. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the face of terry fabrics, which consists in providing a ground warp, a normal terry warp and a contrasting terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and normal terry warp with filling to produce terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops and causing loops normally formed on the face of the goods to be formed on the back thereof in chosen pattern areas; and in such areas causing chosen ends of the contrasting terry warp to interweave with the ground warp and filling and form contrasting terry loops in the face of the fabric, said contrasting terry warp floating between pattern areas. 1

2. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the face of terry fabrics, which consists in providing a ground Warp, a normal terry warp and a contrasting terry warp made up of ends offering a plurality of contrasts with the normal terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and normal terry warp with fillingto produce terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops and causing loops normally formed on the face of the goods to be formed on the back thereof in chosen pattern areas; and in such areas causing chosen ends of the contrasting terry warp selected as to contrast to interweave with the ground warp and filling and form contrasting terry loops in the face of the fabric, said contrasting terry warp floating between pattern areas.

3. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the face of terry fabrics, which consists in providing a ground warp, a normal terry warp and a contrasting terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and normal terry warp with fillingv to produce terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops and causing loops normally formed on the face of the goods to be formed on the back thereof in chosen pattern areas; in such areas causing chosen ends of the contrasting terry warp to interweave with the ground warp and filling and form contrasting terry loops in the face of the fabric, said contrasting terry warp fioating between pattern areas; and finally trimming away such floating warp.

4. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the face of terry fabrics, which consists in providing a ground warp, a normal terry warp and a contrasting terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and normal terry warp with filling to produce terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops and causing loops normally formed on the face of the goods to be formed on the back thereof in chosen pattern areas; in such areas causing chosen ends of the contrasting terry warp to interweave with the ground warp and filling and form contrasting terry loops in the face of the fabric, said contrasting terry warp floating on the face of the fabric between pattern areas; and finally trimming away such floating warp.

5. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the face of terry fabrics, which consists in providing a beamed ground warp, a beamed terry warp, and a spooled terry warp made up of ends contrasting with the beamed terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and the beamed terry warp with filling to form terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops, to send to the back of the fabrc loops normally formed on the face, and thus produce on the face of the fabric pattern areas devoid of beamed warp loops; and in such areas interweaving with the ground warp and filling chosen ends of the spooled warp and causing such interwoven ends to form loops on the face of the fabric, said spooled warp ends floating between pattern areas.

6. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the face of terry fabrics, which consists in providing a beamed ground warp, a beamed terry warp, and a spooled terry warp made up of ends offering a plurality of contrasts with the beamed terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and the beamed terry warp with filling to form terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops to send to the back of the fabric loops normally formed on the face and thus produce on the face of the fabric pattern areas devoid of beamed warp loops; and in such areas interweaving with the ground warp and filling ends of the spooled warp chosen as to contrast and causing such interwoven ends to form loops on the face of the fabric, said spooled warp ends floating between pattern areas.

'7. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the front face of double faced terry fabrics, which consists in providing a ground warp, a normal terry warp and a second terry warp made up of ends contrasting with the normal terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and normal terry warp with filling to produce terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops so that in certain background areas the loops are divided between the two faces of the fabric and in certain pattern areas the loops are on the rear face; and in the pattern areas causing chosen ends of the second terry warp to interweave with the ground warp and filling to form terry loops on the front face, said second terry warp floating between pattern areas.

8. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the front face of double faced terry fabrics,

which consists in providing a ground warp, a normal terry warp and a second terry warp made up of ends offering a plurality of contrasts with the normal terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and normal terry warp with filling to produce terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops so that in certain background areas the loops are divided between the two faces of the fabric and in certain pattern areas the loops are on the rear face; and in the pattern areas causing ends of the second terry warp chosen as to contrast to interweave with the ground warp and filling to form terry loops on the front face, said second terry warp floating between pattern areas.

9. The method of weaving contrasting patterns in the front face of double faced terry fabrics, which consists in providing a beamed ground wrap, a beamed terry warp, and a spooled terry warp made up of ends contrasting with the beamed terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and the beamed terry warp with filling to form terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops so that in certain background areas such loops are divided between the two faces of the fabric, and in certain pattern areas the loops are on the rear face; and in said pattern areas causing chosen ends of the spooled terry warp to interweave with the ground warp and filling to form terry loops on the front face of the fabric, said spooled terry warp floating between pattern areas.

10. The method of weaving contracting patterns in the front face of double faced terry fabrics, which consists in providing a beamed ground warp, a beamed terry warp, and a spooled terry warp made up of ends offering a plurality of contrasts with the beamed terry warp; interweaving the ground warp and the beamed terry warp with filling to form terry loops; controlling the formation of said loops so that in certain background areas such loops are divided between the two faces of the fabric, and in certain pattern areas the loops are on the rear face; and in said pattern areas causing ends of the spooled terry warp chosen as to contrast to interweave with the ground warp and filling to form terry loops on the front face of thefabric, said spooled terry warp floating between pattern areas.

11. A terry fabric having a ground warp and filling, and a background terry warp interwoven therewith to produce loops on the face of the fabric, said fabric having a pattern area produced on the face of the fabric by forming on the back of the fabric certain of the terry loops normally formed on the face of the fabric in such area, and having interwoven with the ground warp and filling, in such area alone, a second contrasting terry warp which forms loops on the face of the fabric.

12. A double faced terry fabric having a ground warp and filling, and a background terry warp interwoven therewith to produce terry loops normally on both faces of the fabric, said fabric having a pattern ar -a produced on the front face of the fabric by forming on the rear face of the on the front face, and having interwoven with the ground warp and filling, in such area alone, a sec ond contrasting terry warp which forms loops on the front face of the fabric.

13. The method of producing contrasting patterns in terry fabrics, which consists in weaving a terry fabric in. which a normal terry warp intervweaves to form terry loops continuously. and

causing an independent contrasting warp to interweave with or float along said terry fabric fabric, in such area, the loops normally formed l ii) selectively to produce a contrasting pattern, said warp when interweaving, forming terry loops.

14. The method of producing contrasting patterns in terry fabrics, which consists in weaving a terry fabric in which a normal terry warp interweaves to form terry loops continuously, establishing pattern areas in the fabric by varying the distribution of such loops between the face and back of the fabric, and simultaneously interweaving in such pattern areas only a contrasting independent warp which when interwoven, forms contrasting terry loops.

15. The method of producing pattern figures in terry fabrics, which consists in providing a ground warp, a normal terry warp, and a contrasting spooled terry warp, interweaving said only, additional terry loops formed of a con-.

trasting yarn which is interwoven with such fabric only in such areas.

SAMUEL PINKNEY PARKER. JOHN L. PATTERSON.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,925,459; September 5, 1933.

SAMUEL PINKNEY PARKER, ET AL.

It is hereby certified'that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: 'Page 3, line 93, claim 9, for "wrap" read "warp"; and line 106, claim 10, for "contracting" read "contrasting"; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 24th day of October, A. D. 1933.

F, M. Hopkins (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents; 

